Pickett-Judge Cemetery

Duplin County, NC

Surveyed by Lillian and Pearl Houston August 2007




The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Pickett-Judge Cemetery in Duplin County, NC.

Location Hwy # 111 South turn left on Willie Hatcher Road A couple of miles turn left on Cole Swamp Road. Cemetery is on the left

African-American Cemetery



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    GPS Coordinates:
    34.81986 N
    77.77614 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:



    Ronald Lee Sharpless 1933 1979 CAPT US AIR FORCE Alexander Judge, Sr. Jan. 1, 1905 Feb. 20, 1965 Alexander Judge Oct. 1885 Aug. 20, 1960 Mariah Judge May 5, 1905 Feb. 20, 1965 Edmond W. Lee Nov. 16, 1921 Nov. 14, 1975 Mary Bella Pickett April 28, 1926 Oct. 26, 1997 Fannie L. Judge Aug. 31, 1905 July 14, 1987 Roosevelt W. Pickett Oct. 13, 1902 Dec. 19, 1965 Eliza Jane Lee Pickett June 5, 1907 Jan. 23, 1998 Henry F. Lee Nov. 28, 2003 Nov. 24, 2005 Vina C. Lee July 17, 1884 Nov. 7, 1979 Margaret Judge June 15, 1898 Feb. 25, 1972 Linston Judge April 5, 1882 Jan. 14, 1968 Mary Cassie Judge 1888 1979 David Owen Judge 1876 1959 Cement Block No info Terrence D. Pickett July 1, 1959 March 3, 2007 Preston Elijah Pickett June 18, 1986 Jan. 28, 1997 Hilton Pickett Aug. 12, 1944 Oct. 6, 1996 Eula J. Pickett March 3, 1936 Oct. 5, 1991 Loney D. Judge March 23, 1924 Nov. 23, 2001 George Earnest Judge Aug. 30, 1919 May 6, 1976 PFC US ARMY WW II Louis Judge June 12, 1924 Aug. 24, 1975 Wanda Gail Moore Aug. 27, 1972 May 31, 1994 Jane E. Judge April 8, 1920 Dec. 16, 1982 James Lee Judge April 29, 1929 July 6, 1979 Fletcher Williams 1925 1980 Lillian E. Judge May 15, 1924 Oct. 3, 1976 Willie A. Pickett, Jr. Oct. 21, 1920 June 8, 2000 Elizabeth Pickett July 10, 1922 Sept. 18, 1986 Willie A. Pickett, Sr. March 28, 1902 April 24, 1999 Easter W. Pickett Nov. 12, 1907 Nov. 25, 1998 Alfred E. Pickett Oct. 7, 1938 Jan. 24, 1988 Vincent C. Pickett 1965 1982 Newberry Murray June 6, 1896 April 19, 1972 Mary E. Lanier July 7, 1929 July 21, 1993 Carrie F. Moore Dec. 19, 1920 Feb. 12, 1997 Cherly Southerland 1951 1995 MM Leon Graham, Sr. April 10, 1936 March 28, 1995 Maggie S. James 1903 1977 Promise Pickett April 2000 No other date MM Lorna Farland Feb. 28, 1974 Oct. 22, 2005 Nettie E. Farland June 13, 1937 March 25, 1984 Joseph R. Farland Aug. 12, 1938 Oct. 2, 2000 Louise S. Pickett Dec. 13, 1920 April 30, 1987 Lonnie E. Pickett 1897 1977 Alonza Kelley Dec. 14, 1927 Aug. 28, 2006 Bessie K. Stokes April 16, 1906 June 24, 1995 Nicey B. Pope April 6, 1905 Sept. 7, 1987 William Henry Batts Jan. 13, 1887 May 13, 1981 Same stone Ella B. Aug. 5, 1893 March 25, 1989 Wynzie Batts May 14, 1926 No other dates Same stone Helen L. Sept. 23, 1926 No other dates Leroy Williams Aug. 16, 1928 Dec. 29, 1998 James Tate Williams July 4, 1900 July 17, 1978 Same stone Bessie P. July 19, 1905 April 13, 1986 Joe H. Pickett Dec. 15, 1913 Sept. 13, 1982 Mary Blanchard Jan. 6, 1921 March 29, 2007 James E. Hill June 2, 1905 Aug. 5, 1986 Annie T. Tyler July 11, 1911 Nov. 9, 1991 Mary S. Croombs Jan. 8, 1907 April 23, 2002 Alonza Croombs Sept. 26, 1907 Jan. 17, 1987 Stacy Hill March 7, 1914 Feb. 5, 1987 James W. Graham Dec. 6, 1932 Sept. 4, 1993 James Roscoe Pickett May 11, 1920 Oct. 27, 2002 US ARMY Marlon Pickett June 15, 1963 April 20, 1997 Willie Rose Pickett Aug. 22, 1920 April 13, 2003 Kent M. Smith Feb. 17, 1958 Jan. 26, 2000 Horace H. Kenan 1967 2003 MM Martha B. Waters 1907 1987 MM Calvin Evans Feb. 17, 1948 July 2, 1994 Charles W. Kenan Dec. 14, 1929 Sept. 12, 2002 Alvin Williams Dec. 20, 1961 Aug. 8, 1979 Glen Dale Morris Feb. 6, 1955 Feb. 5, 2000 Johnnie Lee Usher Feb. 21, 1909 Jan. 12, 1997 PFC US ARMY WW II Essie B. Usher Feb. 12, 1924 April 25, 1983 Ora Lee Usher Hill Sept. 16, 1947 Sept. 22, 2005 Winford Williams Jan. 22, 1912 May 4, 1985 SGT US ARMY WW II Maidie Judge Adams May 4, 1916 July 19, 1980 George M. Hill July 30, 1954 Nov. 18, 2001 George Robert Hill Oct. 31, 1927 March 21, 1988 Same stone Sula K. Jan. 28, 1927 March 18, 1996 Wedding date Oct. 31, 1948 Dudley G. Judge June 16, 1914 Sept. 29, 1914 Grover L. Brown 1914 1978 Montgomery Kenan Sept. 25, 1914 Nov. 13, 1986 Virginia H. Kenan Oct. 31, 1917 March 21, 2000 Franklin M. Kenan Aug. 24, 1954 Aug. 12, 2003 Unmarked grave Emmalina Batts Sept. 6, 1929 Oct. 5, 2006 Beulah Mc Farland 1891 1985 David James Brown April 25, 1919 Dec. 25, 1978 Same stone Mamie Rochelle Brown Jan. 12, 1919 Dec. 6, 2004 Norma S. Pickett May 29, 1941 May 31, 1996 Rossie Pickett, Jr. Jan. 14, 1944 Oct. 15, 2002 US NAVY Eddie Gray Hall Feb. 20, 1937 April 28, 2005 Same stone Iola P. Feb. 20, 1942 No other dates Elizabeth P. Moses March 1, 1929 Dec. 28, 1996 Connie Pickett June 16, 1898 Aug. 30, 1974 Willie C. Pickett 1897 1983 Lionel Pickett June 18, 1951 July 14, 1983 Cecil James Pickett March 24, 1950 May 14, 2007 James E. Pickett Dec. 23, 1922 Oct. 31, 1992 Dundy Pickett March 20, 1891 March 5, 1977 Monroe Kelly Nov. 16, 1911 Nov. 13, 1981 Louvena Pickett Jan. 21, 1896 Dec. 20, 1976 Cunnie R. Crumpler Oct. 6, 1917 July 9, 1992 L. Clarence Batts Nov. 4, 1914 Jan. 24, 1999 Same stone Annie G. May 31, 1925 March 4, 1978 Paul Williams, Jr. July 31, 1926 April 19, 2004 Same stone Nicie B. June 28, 1928 No other dates Emily Williams Berry Dec. 16, 1944 March 10, 2007 Phil A. Williams Oct. 16, 1948 Oct. 25, 2004 Cicero Williams June 28, 1908 March 28, 1990 Same stone Maggie R. Williams Sept. 25, 1907 July 15, 1986 Mae Dell Williams Oct. 4, 1911 July 1976 Norwood Pickett March 25, 1925 June 2, 1975 Nellie M. Williams Oct. 14, 1913 Aug. 6, 1991 Jethro Williams, Sr. March 30, 1906 April 6, 1984 Willie A. Pickett Aug. 22, 1918 June 3, 1989 Retha B. Donaldson May 4, 1916 May 20, 1994 Kinnie Crawley Sept. 11, 1912 Oct. 15, 2005 Edna P. Thomas April 21, 1929 Feb. 7, 2007 Ruth Ann Farland Feb. 8, 1946 Jan. 6, 1976 George H. Farland Jan. 13, 1915 April 10, 1976 Ruth Mae Farland April 13, 1918 Nov. 11, 1987 Damen M. Tyler Oct. 2, 1990 July 1, 2007 Geraldine B. Crooms May 5, 1955 Sept. 1, 2007 MM Evaline Edna Addeline Wilson March 2, 1926 April 5, 2004 Candies G. Humphrey 1913 2003 Goley T Murphy Mar 20 1933 May 3 2008 Dennis Williams Apr 25 1958 Nov 13 2007 MM Eric L Pickett 1923-2008

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